There were just too many good pictures not to share.

Further Reading

After taking the Sir Lancelot's Armor Holy Grail screen protector and shooting it full of holes, we came away with a lot of extra pictures and video. Rather than letting them be buried for all time, we've gathered them together here for you to see.

We don't normally get the opportunity to so thoroughly test an item to destruction, but this was a fun exception. Trips to the range likely won't become a regular Ars feature... at least, not until someone says they have a "bulletproof" laptop for me to look at.

Inside is a warranty card, some implements to assist in the application of the screen protector, and a sleeve containing the screen protector itself.

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The warranty is pretty comprehensive.

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And there it is: the Holy Grail screen protector. Comes in iPhone 4 and 5 flavors, along with iPad and several non-iOS device shapes.

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It's made of tempered bulletproof glass. But is it made of enough bulletproof glass to, say, stop a bullet?

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Faintly visible in the glass is a matrix of tiny dots. They're pretty apparent in bright sunlight.

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Closer on the dots.

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Even closer detail on the dots.

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The Holy Grail armor after doing battle with tools and a car.

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However, though the screen protector is battered, the screen is in pretty good shape.

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There's no obvious damage, even after that drill bit bored nearly all the way through the Grail.

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When viewed at an angle with more light, though, cracks in the actual LCD screen beneath the glass become apparent. Still I ran over it with a car. A screen protector's not going to help much with that.

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The road leading to the Clear Creek Gun Range, beneath a morning Texas sky.

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This must be the place.

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It's a warm place to shoot in the summer, but the weather this mid-March day was shockingly nice.

Bonus slow-motion iPhone explosion video

Lee Hutchinson / Lee is the Senior Reviews Editor at Ars and is responsible for the product news and reviews section. He also knows stuff about enterprise storage, security, and manned space flight. Lee is based in Houston, TX.